had an irl chat that produced lots of notes: 1) boston encourages mediocrity  boston rewards mediocrity  2) fear of nyc seeds the ambition to be a big fish in a small pond   3) performing having an “underground”     4) too much contenetment with the status quo.  where is th...

as a dionysian… i was always gonna have problems with a city that has banned bottomless brunch and happy hour

one of the biggest shocks of maturing was realizing that boston is in a one-sided rivalry with NYC that it has 0 business being in. like i grew up really socialized to believe boston was actually in the running like why wasn’t the rivalry with like… san diego? i know that’s on ...

and still… the peace i’ve made with boston is also majorly made possible because i know i won’t be staying here much longer. now i navigate the city from the perspective of enjoying it before i go & maybe going out with a bang (still deciding on the latter…)

boston is also my saturn line lmao! and natally i have saturn in the 1st house… so i think i’m also just tired of that vibe when i know there are more harmonious vibes out there in terms of environment (i’ve experienced them!) tho i will say, with saturn abt to leave my 11th ho...

as of 1/5/26, i def have eased up on being a hater bc there are always ways i find this city romantic, ways i find being haunted by 22 out of 26.5 years of my life being experienced here an interesting part of my human journey—i’ve known the trees in my yard since i was a child, ...

mithsuca noted that ppl who tend to move to boston & enjoy it are: - usually from a suburb, small town, or somewhere smaller than boston - involved in higher ed in some way (either going to college or work at one) - humanitarian types & organizers

shout out to hameedha who truly is open to loving & romanticizing this city and challenges my boston grinch energy lmao

had an irl chat that produced lots of notes: 1) boston encourages mediocrity  boston rewards mediocrity  2) fear of nyc seeds the ambition to be a big fish in a small pond   3) performing having an “underground”     4) too much contenetment with the status quo.  where is th...

as a dionysian… i was always gonna have problems with a city that has banned bottomless brunch and happy hour

one of the biggest shocks of maturing was realizing that boston is in a one-sided rivalry with NYC that it has 0 business being in. like i grew up really socialized to believe boston was actually in the running like why wasn’t the rivalry with like… san diego? i know that’s on ...

and still… the peace i’ve made with boston is also majorly made possible because i know i won’t be staying here much longer. now i navigate the city from the perspective of enjoying it before i go & maybe going out with a bang (still deciding on the latter…)

boston is also my saturn line lmao! and natally i have saturn in the 1st house… so i think i’m also just tired of that vibe when i know there are more harmonious vibes out there in terms of environment (i’ve experienced them!) tho i will say, with saturn abt to leave my 11th ho...

as of 1/5/26, i def have eased up on being a hater bc there are always ways i find this city romantic, ways i find being haunted by 22 out of 26.5 years of my life being experienced here an interesting part of my human journey—i’ve known the trees in my yard since i was a child, ...

mithsuca noted that ppl who tend to move to boston & enjoy it are: - usually from a suburb, small town, or somewhere smaller than boston - involved in higher ed in some way (either going to college or work at one) - humanitarian types & organizers

shout out to hameedha who truly is open to loving & romanticizing this city and challenges my boston grinch energy lmao